Creative recycling opportunity

Your kids may have loved their dolls to death, but their Barbies don’t have to go in the trash. The State Museum’s Trash to Treasure program will gladly give them a second life, according to an e-mail I got.

“I’m looking for donations of any dolls or old baby dolls that you may have lying around in your attic, basement, garage, shed, toy chests or storage closets,” Peggy Steinbach said. “The condition of the dolls is irrelevant — any will do for this project.”

Steinbach is also accepting old mannequins, in case any of those are cluttering up your house. To help, bring your donations to the front desk in the lobby, e-mail Steinbach at psteinba@mail.nysed.gov or call her at (518) 473-7154.

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When I was a kid in the mid-’60′s, I didn’t have Barbie and Skipper, I had her bwst friend Midge and Midge’s little sister Skooter. Years later, when my daughter was about the same age as I had been, we found a Midge that looked like my Midge in a thrift store for $2. I was so thrilled. She came without clothes and no box but, hey, that was remedied (at the same thrift store) and my daughter was as thrilled as I was to have the same Midge as her Mom.

Too bad we no longer have it to donate (though I’d doubt my daughter would part with it if we did). This exhibit should be interesting.

Also, if you have kids, encourage them to make their own clothes for their dolls. Man, when I was a kid, I had great fun doing this. I’d make a pattern and cut it from cloth (usually scraps from my mother’s sewing basket) and stitch it together. I loved designing and making my dolls own clothes.

When I was a kid in the mid-’60′s, I didn’t have Barbie and Skipper, I had her friend Midge and Midge’s little sister Skooter. Years later, when my daughter was about the same age as I had been, we found a Midge that looked like my Midge in a thrift store for $2. I was so thrilled. She came without clothes and no box but, hey, that was remedied (at the same thrift store) and my daughter was as thrilled as I was to have the same Midge as her Mom.

Too bad we no longer have it to donate (though I’d doubt my daughter would part with it if we did). This exhibit should be interesting.